A valuable Lindsborg Smoky Valley Historical Association (SVHA) document of eight pages online today is the listing of the names of early Lindsborg residents along with their addresses. Its last page entitled, Editorial Notes,is worth a read detailing the builders and the houses they built among other interesting facts while apologizing for any inaccuracies.

Then, during Lydia's and Emil's lives, the principal builders in the early days of Lindsborg were the Palmquist brothers, John and August. Following them were a number of their apprentice builders and carpenters, some of whom were C. F. Rosine; E. P. Liljestrom; Axel Billing and Carl R. Rooth; those composing the Lindsborg Building Company, i.e. Frank Lindberg, Henry Goodholm, John Josephson, Albin and Henry Goodholm; C.A. Teed; and the Brandt Brothers: Joseph and Ed.*

This labor intensive project titled, Where Did They Live, Early Residence of Lindsborg, Kansas was made possible by the following members of the SVHA of 1993: Committee Chairman Elston Flohr with Eunice Gunnarson and Kathryn Franz. Assisting were Hugo Lindahl, Pearlida Peterson, Ingebord Peterson, Mrs. Ted Palmquist, Mildred Johnson, Edwin Rooth, Robert Lundgren, and Estred Barfield.

For the details of where "the other Swedes" lived," click on the Jaderborg home below:

The 1908 Lars Olaf Jaderborg Home

Source: CIRCA Old Houses

This home was built by the Swedish Palmquist Brothers in 1908. They were commissioned by Swede Lars Olaf Jaderborg, a retired farmer from Enterprise, Kansas who had moved to Lindsborg with his wife. The home was built on a raised lot near Bethany College. Mrs. Jaderborg planted the large oak tree in front of the home, a branch of which can be seen in the above photograph, upper left.

Their son, Thure Jaderborg, would live in the house with his wife and four sons. He would eventually become a voice professor at the College, a career which lasted over 50 years. Thure, also, would establish the Swedish Crafts shop in Lindsborg in 1946 with the help of a loan from Emil O. Deere.

Lydia would be part of his wedding as shown below. She is on the far left standing.

The Jaderborg's son, Hilding, would eventually, with his wife Esther, take over the Swedish Crafts shop in Lindsborg. Hilding would become a photographer and develop his craft as an excellent artist receiving his training from Bethany College Professor Swedish Birger Sandzén.

Sources: CIRCA Old Houses, Sohlberg Deere Estate

To read his story, and that of his family, below, press PAUSE and then the ARROW to continue. To enlarge press CTRL+.

In 1954, Thure Jaderborg would share the recognition with Emil O. Deere and Oscar Thorsen as "50 Year" Bethany College professors as shown below in this Kansas City Times article.

Source: Bethany College Archives, Emil O. Deere

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